In December 2025, many people engaged in the used car export business experienced an unusual year-end sprint in order to catch the last bus of the policy. Facing the upcoming New Year Festival, his mood can be said to be mixed, some full of ambition, some disheartened, or he can pack up his mood and set sail again to find a new opportunity.

In November last year, the "Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Used Car Export"(hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") jointly issued by the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security and the General Administration of Customs was officially implemented on January 1, 2026, aiming to Strictly control the export of new cars in the name of used cars and promote the healthy development of the used car export industry.

After nearly seven years of development, used car exports have shown a "leap-forward" growth trend, covering more than 160 countries and regions in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Europe. Some industries predict that the export volume will exceed 600,000 vehicles in 2025.

However, the implementation of the "Notice" has ended the barbaric growth in the field of used car exports and given the chaotic industry a chance to rectify the source. In this reshuffle, speculative practitioners were forced out, while practitioners deeply involved in the industry urgently needed to readjust their business directions or business strategies to adapt themselves to the new needs of the quality upgrading stage of used car exports as soon as possible.

Luo Lei, vice president of China Automobile Dealers Association, said that currently, China's second-hand car exports are in a golden period of policy dividends and market explosions, while the car ownership of more than 400 million vehicles, mature supply chain system, and cost-effective models provide a solid foundation. At the same time, China's second-hand car exports are also in urgent need of building a coordinated development pattern guided by the government, empowered by enterprise entities, and associations, using a standardized and international service system to break down barriers in overseas markets, and form a more competitive global second-hand car circulation network.

In accordance with the provisions of the "Notice", starting from January 1, 2026, for vehicles that apply for export less than 180 days (inclusive) from the registration date, local commercial authorities shall guide local enterprises to supplement the submission issued by the vehicle manufacturing enterprise."After-sales Maintenance Service Confirmation Letter", which includes the export country, vehicle information, network information providing after-sales services, etc., and is stamped with the official seal of the production enterprise. Export licenses will not be issued to vehicles that cannot provide the above materials.

Entering 2026, used car exports will move from scale growth to value growth. Where will practitioners go? As the Spring Festival holiday is approaching, the reporter interviewed four people in the used car export field and talked about their thoughts under the New Deal, plans for the new year, and expectations for the used car export industry. This article is the fourth.

◆ Gao Hongyu, General Manager of Chengdu Huayue Group

Seize the opportunity of the explosion of used car export logistics and increase the 2026 performance target by 20%

Huayue Transportation is a national car consignment service platform owned by Chengdu Huayue Logistics Co., Ltd. It was established in 2012. It is headquartered in Chengdu, covering more than 570 cities in 31 provinces across the country. It has more than 4200 alliance transportation partners and can provide consignment services such as cars and private cars, and the service targets cover multiple customer groups such as individual car owners, car dealers and e-commerce platforms.

Seeing the strong growth potential of China's new and used car exports, Huayue Transportation will add new export car consignment business in 2023 and open cross-border transportation routes from Xinjiang to Russia and Central Asian countries. Last year, this business showed an explosion.

As the general manager of the group and head of strategic planning and overall operations, Gao Hongyu's main work includes designing and developing integrated transportation solutions at home and abroad, opening up transportation nodes, and providing efficient transportation. According to him, the current used car export customer groups mainly choose land and sea transportation: land transportation mainly targets the Central Asian region, the Caucasus region and Russian markets; sea transportation mainly covers countries and regions such as United Arab Emirates (Dubai) and Algeria. In terms of customer composition, it mainly includes companies that have been engaged in foreign trade for a long time. At the same time, overseas customers also take the initiative to approach and entrust them to provide customized cross-border transportation solutions.

Since November last year, driven by relevant favorable policies, Gao Hongyu's company's business has experienced explosive growth. In the last two months alone, it completed cross-border transportation of nearly 4000 vehicles. In order to thank the management team for their hard work over the past year, the company organized a team to Yunnan to carry out team building activities before the Spring Festival to enhance team cohesion and relieve work pressure.

Looking to the future, Gao Hongyu expects the company to further expand emerging market regions and improve cross-regional operational efficiency while maintaining steady business development. He has targeted the company's performance this year at an increase of about 20% compared with the same period last year, and hopes to provide customers with innovative services that go beyond traditional transportation, not only to meet customers 'needs to safely reach designated locations, but also to expand its business globally. After the Spring Festival holiday, he will set off again for the countries that are planned to focus on this year.

Source: China Automobile News

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